Drawdown Automata, Part 1: Basic Concepts
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First article in a series by Ralph Griswold on using cellular automata to generate drawdown patterns for weaving. It introduces cellular automata geometries, two-state square cells, von Neumann and Moore neighborhoods, and transition rules such as the parity rule, voter rule and the 1-of-8 rule. It also covers edge wraparound (torus topology), pattern sequences started from seeds or symmetric patterns, and the structural and aesthetic problems of choosing usable patterns. It ends with resources, references and a large 65x65 1-of-8 pattern.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- January 8, 2002
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 8
- Archive notes
- Last revised August 1, 2004
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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